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H. 0. REESE. Slop-Bucket. No. 227,577. Patented May 11, |880.

WITNEEEE? w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY O. REESE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,577, dated May 11,1880. Application filed March 31,1880, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. REEsE, of the city of Baltimore and Stateof Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Slop- Buckets, ofwhich the following is aspecification; and I do hereby declare thatinthe same is contained a full, clear, and exact description of my saidinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to construct the darin g mouth-piece ofa slop-bucket in such manner as will facilitate the emptying of thecontents of a wash-bowl orother vessel directly t0 the top of theslop-bucket without impairing the efliciency of the said mouth-piece asa wall-protector; and the invention consists in providing the saidmouth-piece with an odd number of depressions in its edge, of such sizeas to receive the bowl or other vessel in the emptying of the same tothe bucket.

ln forming the mouth-piece with the depressions, as described, itnecessarily follows that a projection will be left directly oppositeeach depression, which projection receives the water deflected from vtheremovable top of the bucket and protects the wall against which thebucket is placed from defacement.

In the further description of my said invention which Jfollows,reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof,and in which Figure I is a front elevation of the improved slopbucket.Fig. II is a ver- Ptical section of the same. Fig. [II is a top View ofthe bucket.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

In the said drawings, A is the body of the bucket, provided with thebail c. B is the 4o mouth-piece of the bucket, which is detachable, asshown in the drawings.

The mouth-piece has preferably three depressions, b, in its upper edge;consequently it has three projections, c.

In this invention it is not contemplated to form special projectionsextending above the upper ledge of the bucket-body, but merelyv to cutaway the ordinary iianged mouth-piece to form the depressions b, theprojectionsc appearing as the result of the cutting operation. 5o

By means of this invention the original height of the flaringmouth-piece is practically preserved, while the facility of introducingwaste-water to the bucket is increased.

It will be seen that any one of the projec- 5 5 tions c may be placedtoward the wall consequently in the use of the bucket no part 0f thedaring mouth-piece is constantly subjected to water poured upon the topC. For this reason the decoration ofthe inner surface of the tlar- 6oing mouth-piece is preserved for a greater lengthof time than it' thebucket had a fixed position with reference to the wall against which itis placed.

I claim as my inventionl. A slop-bucket theltlaring mouth-piece of whichis provided with an odd numberv of depressions in its upper edge, eachone of which depressions is adapted to receive a wash-basin or othervessel as the contents of the same are emptied into the top of thebucket, substantially as herein specified.

2. In combination with the body A of the slop-bucket, the removableflaring mouth-piece B, the said mouth-piece being provided with an oddnumber of depressions, substantially as set forth.

HENRY O. REESE.

Witnesses:

JNO. T. MADDOX, HARRY V. `ALBAUGFH.

